Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Pope Francis compares migrant detention centers to Nazi concentration camps
DW.com Deutsche Welle ^

Posted on 04/23/2017 4:49:57 AM PDT by jerod

The leader of the Catholic Church went off script to denounce the conditions refugees face after entering Europe. Pope Francis was leading a service in Rome for modern-day Christian martyrs when he made the comparison.

During a service on Tiber Island in central Rome on Saturday, Pope Francis made a comparison between refugee camps and Nazi concentration camps.

Pope Francis recalled meeting a refugee in a camp on the Greek island of Lesbos in 2016.

"I don't know if that man is still in Lesbos or if he has managed to go somewhere else, I don't know if he was able to leave that concentration camp, because many refugee camps are concentration camps due to overcrowding," he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at dw.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS:
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-44 last
To: Jane Long

+1


41 posted on 04/23/2017 7:48:28 AM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: jerod

What is it with this Pope? Never disliked the actions of any pope except for him.


42 posted on 04/23/2017 8:28:33 AM PDT by duckman ( Not tired of winning!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Lisbon1940

Australia and New Zealand put immigrants from Austria-Hungary in concentration camps during World War I, even if they had become naturalized and/or wanted to fight for the Allies.


43 posted on 04/23/2017 12:15:24 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 36 | View Replies]

To: jerod

The pope is from Argentina, the country that became the Nazis’ “safe space” after the fall of the Third Reich.


44 posted on 04/23/2017 12:16:08 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-44 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson